Dodgems @ King Tut's

Stuck at the bottom of the bill, Little Doses' bass-driven rock is undermined by a small, diffident audience tonight. Yet Kirsten Ross has a strident voice, holding its own against Paul Mellon's busy guitar as she struts across the stage like a restrained Jagger - star quality waiting to escape. Their songs follow a clear pattern - fast rocking rhythms, lyrics about cars and failed love affairs, blaring guitar hooks- but they deserve a much larger audience. The Dodgems are a bluesy proposition, with Phil Goodwin's falsetto and slide guitar resembling PJ Harvey. Rattling along, the first numbers sound petulant: as the boys settle, the songs take on a stomping, glam-rock majesty. Tom Goodwin's keyboards are wasted in the hectic tumble; it is their good humour that holds them together. Although the occasional shift in gear would give their set finesse, and a few of the riffs are overly familiar, their stage presence and energy wins over the Glasgow crowd. [Margaret Kirk]